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The number of U.S. adults reporting a disability increased by 3.4 million between 1999 and 2005. 12.1% of the U.S. Adult Population Aged 21-64 Years Reported a Disability in 2008. Today an estimated 39,395,000 people in the United States had a disability, or 14.8% of the population age 5 and over.

In addition, an estimated 7,092,000 people, or 2.7% of the U.S. population 5 and over, have difficulty performing self-care activities, also known as Activities of Daily Living, such as dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home.

The Social Security Administration estimates that three in 10 of today's 20-year-olds will suffer a disability before reaching 67 and also reports 69% of the private sector work force has no long-term disability insurance. Essentially, seven out of 10 workers would have to rely on their own personal savings, limited state-run insurance or Social Security for replacement income in the event they could not work because of a disability.

Veterans - In the year 2008, an estimated 16.9 percent (plus or minus 0.20 percentage points) of non-institutionalized civilian veterans aged 21 to 64 years reported having a VA service-connected disability in the United States. In other words, 2,217,000 out of 13,102,700 non-institutionalized civilian veterans aged 21 to 64 years reported having a VA service-connected disability in the United States in 2008 (U.S. Veteran Facts and Statistics)

Articles

Pub. DateTopicAuthor
2012-01-282012 Cost of Living Adjustment for Veterans and BeneficiariesCOLA
2011-06-23US Deaths Caused by Poverty, Low Education and Other Social FactorsColumbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
2011-06-15U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Behind World's Healthiest NationsInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
2011-06-03New Board Members Confirmed - National Council on DisabilityNational Council on Disability
2011-04-28Leprosy in US May be Transmitted by ArmadillosHealth Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
2011-04-21No More Government Benefit ChecksHudson Institute
2011-04-08HHS Plan to Reduce Health DisparitiesU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2011-04-05High Welfare Use by US ImmigrantsCenter for Immigration Studies
2011-02-19Creating Developmental Disabilities PolicyNational Council on Disability
2011-02-10Mobility Providers Ask White House to Address Gross Mismanagement of Mobility BenefitAmerican Association for Homecare
2011-01-05Americans Financial Unpreparedness for Living Longer than ExpectedSociety of Actuaries
2011-01-05Funded Status of U.S. Pensions Rises to 84.3 PercentBNY Mellon
2011-01-05President Signs Pedestrian Safety Enhancement ActNational Federation of the Blind
2010-12-17Enable America Reaches New Heights in 2010Enable America
2010-12-09People with Disability Experience Double the Rate of Violent CrimeBureau of Justice Statistics
2010-11-11Is This the Wrong Time to be Disabled in America?Allan Checkoway Author, Getting Paid
2010-11-05Americans less healthy than English - But Live as Long or LongerRAND Corporation
2010-10-07American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall Behind Other CountriesCommonwealth Fund
2010-08-22America, Land of the... Prosecuted?Patrick J. Artur & Associates
2010-08-22Harold Dow a CBS News Correspondent has Passed AwayMavis Young
2010-08-21Cyclist Breaks World RecordPaul Spencer
2010-08-16Health Impact of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Hazardous but ImprovingUniversity of California - San Francisco
2010-07-26Most Livable U.S. Cities for Wheelchair UsersChristopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
2010-07-22Family Reunited After Wrongful Seizure of ChildNational Federation of the Blind
2010-07-22Journey of Hope - Cycling Across the US for People with DisabilitiesJourney of Hope
2010-07-21Americans Believe Social Life Would Suffer More than Sex Life from Hearing LossHearUSA
2010-06-24Joni Eareckson Tada to Undergo Surgery for Breast CancerUSA Disability News
2010-06-17Cleanlogic Adds Braille to Bottles of Body Wash and LotionIMS Trading, LLC
2010-05-17Offset State Mental Health Crisis and End Disability BacklogNational Alliance on Mental Illness
2010-05-10US Disability Parking PrivilegesThomas Weiss
2010-04-30Americans Live to Work But Don't Prepare for IllnessCIGNA
2010-02-06Sports and Music Stars Drive 6,000 Miles for COPDDRIVE4COPD
2010-01-28The Arc Condemns White House Aides Use of R-WordThe Arc
2009-07-25Great Lakes ADA Center Celebrates 19 Years of Americans with Disabilities ActDBTAC

  • The Future of Disability in America - The future of disability in America will depend on how well the U.S. prepares for and manages the demographic, fiscal, and technological developments that will unfold during the next two to three decades.

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